A couple of weeks ago, a friend, Valentine Sohtun, shared a 2015 article with me titled ‘An Ethnographic Exploration of the Lyngam Ethnic Community in Bangladesh’ written by Nur Mohammad Majumder, Lye ...

By HH Mohrmen What are the traditional institutions and how are they established in the Jaintia hills? Why does the traditional institution of Daloiship prevail only in the Jaintia hills and not in ...

The Cherry Blossom Festival, celebrated worldwide as a symbol of spring, renewal, and the fleeting beauty of life, is a spectacle that holds deep cultural and environmental significance. Rooted in ...

Many articles have been written about Behdieñkhlam, but it is not possible to describe the different facets of this great festival in one article or even in a single one book. Many a times the ...

A few days ago, the news report about the purported letter issued by the North East Sunshine Trust (NEST) urging the Union Minister InCharge of Department of Atomic Energy to resume uranium mining in ...

Clans are social organisations/institutions that evolved to maintain social order. They emerged as loose associations of a large number of people connected by kinship ...

SHILLONG, July 5: The state Power department, bedevilled by a litany of controversies, has been caught on the wrong foot by CAG which in its audit report has exposed financial bungling of over Rs 149 ...

Does it ever happen to you that you observe when a coin is tossed in the air, it always lands on the same side it started? Well, you’re not alone in thinking that. It’s not just a trick of your ...

A working paper titled “Relative economic performance of Indian states over 1960- till 1923-24” released recently from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) casts the economy of ...

By HH Mohrmen The plains of Bangladesh, nestled at the foothills of Meghalaya, share a long and intricate history with the Pnar people of the region. Despite belonging to different ethnic groups—those ...

Common ailments such as cold, cough, diarrhea, and fever are frequently brought up in general discussions about health and disease. Known to be generally harmless, these symptoms and illnesses are ...

The Shillong Times, one of North East India’s oldest English daily newspaper, turned 79 on August 10. On its online home page the newspaper that was launched in 1945 a poster appears reads, “Today, we ...